🇨🇱 Rest well Patricio Guzmán (1941-2026), the great documentary filmmaker whose films included THE BATTLE OF CHILE trilogy and NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT.
Read @SamBrod's interview with the filmmaker in @FilmComment from 2023: https://t.co/aK7xl6MwUV
The #Oscars left the great Silvia Pinal (1931-2024) out of their In Memoriam section. A pioneering figure in Mexican cinema, Pinal’s remarkable career spanned decades, and she became an icon for her roles in classic films and her influence on the Mexican film industry.
"The whole idea of the Oscars is to resell things that have already been sold a second time. Again, it’s all about advertising."
Jonathan Rosenbaum talks with @SamBrod about selling his DVD collection for $20K, championing Raúl Ruiz, and the role of a critic: https://t.co/7XMoYBNy2J
Today you have a director talking about how they spent 8 years working out every meticulous detail of their passion project. Meanwhile I'll see a movie from the 50/60s with the most insane blocking/compositions and it's from a director who made 2-3 films a year without stopping.
incredible description of Gena Rowlands & John Cassavetes first date from Marshall Fine's Accidental Genius: How John Cassavetes Invented the American Independent Film
accept it like a discipline, build it up like a church, follow it like a medical regime, vanquish it like an obstacle, win it like a friendship, cosset it like a little child, create it like a new world